Two Colorado-based teams, three Colorado residents who play for out-of-state schools, and two individuals from Colorado State University learned Wednesday where they’ll compete in the Women’s NCAA Division I Regionals, set for May 7-9.
The fields and seedings were unveiled in an hourlong special on the Golf Channel on Wednesday evening.
The University of Colorado will be seeded seventh out of 18 teams at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. And the University of Denver is the No. 13 seed at Seminole Golf Course in Tallahassee, Fla.
It’s the 17th consecutive season advancing to NCAA Regionals for DU, which this year made it as an at-large pick after placing second in the Summit League Championships in the wake of winning the previous 14 straight conference titles.
Meanwhile, CU made the NCAA Regionals for the fifth straight year and for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons. Five Pac-12 teams will compete in San Francisco, including top-seeded UCLA.
There will be four Women’s NCAA D-I Regional tournaments, and the top six team finishers — and three individuals not on those teams — from each will advance to the NCAA National Championships, set for May 18-23 in Stillwater, Okla. CU last played in the national finals in 2012, while DU last made it in 2009. The Buffs missed advancing to finals by one stroke each of the last two years.
Also headed for Regionals are CSU teammates Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor — both of whom will compete as individuals at University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas. Coloradans playing for out-of-state team qualifiers include Wake Forest junior Jennifer Kupcho, the 2018 U.S. Curtis Cupper who will seek her second straight individual Regional title in Tallahassee, Fla.; Oklahoma senior Hannah Wood, who will be in Austin; and BYU sophomore Anna Kennedy, who will join Wood, Prendergast and Secor in Austin. Oregon State, coached by Colorado native and former DU player Dawn Shockley, is the 14th seed at the Madison, Wis., Regional.
In all, 72 teams and 24 individuals make up the Women’s NCAA DI Regional fields.
